Favorite Links (v1.0)

Simple but powerful set of JavaScript functions for making Favorite List on fly without use of DB or other resources.

This script uses cookie to store links and their titles. It also has a build in function which generate a link for storing links. This function use 'window.location' so you don't have to worry about where the script is located.

It was tested with Microsoft Internet Explorer only, however should work with other browsers as well.

Simply highlight the script, and copy into a new file.

/*
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 | Favorite Links   (v1.0)  Copyright www.YugDesign.com    |
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 | This program may be used and hosted free of charge by   |
 |anyone for personal purpose as long as this copyright    |
 |notice remains intact.                                   |
 +---------------------------------------------------------+
 +---------------------------------------------------------+
 | Obtain permission before selling the code for this      |
 |program or hosting this software on a commercial website |
 |or redistributing this software over the Internet or in  |
 |any other medium. In all cases copyright must remain     |
 |intact. Feel free to modify this script as you wish. I'd |
 |appreciate that you keep link back to my site. I know    |
 |most of you won't. But it is part of the terms of use.   |
 |So, please keep it.                                      |
 +---------------------------------------------------------+
*/

var imgpath = ""; // path to favorite icons
var days = 7; // days to store cookie
var page = window.location;

var hlong = days*24*60*60*1000; 	
var u = new Date(); u.setTime (u.getTime() + hlong);
var e = new Date(); e.setTime (u.getTime());
	
function linkFavorites(n1, n2){

if(n2) title = n2;
else title = "ClickHere";

document.write ('<a href="javascript:addFavorites(\''+n1+'\',\''+page+'\');">'+title+'</a>');
}

function Favorites(){
  var i = 0;
  while (get('links' + i) != null) {
   document.write ('<img src="'+imgpath+'fav.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle" hspace="2"> <a href="' + get('urls' + i) + '">' + get('links' + i) + '</a> ' ); i++; 
  }  
  if (i==0) document.write ('<img src="'+imgpath+'no.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle" hspace="2"> <font style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; FONT-SIZE: 12px;"> No Favorites Found');  
}

function set (n1, n2, n3) {
if (!n3) n3 = new Date();
document.cookie=n1+"="+escape (n2)+"; expires="+n3.toGMTString()+";";
}

function addFavorites(n1, n2){
  var i = 0;
  var f=false;
  while (get('links' + i) != null) { 
    if (get('links' + i) == n1) f=true;   i++;	
  }    
  if (!f)  set ('links' + i, n1, u);  set ('urls' + i, n2, u);

location.reload();
}

</SCRIPT>

<p align=center>
add to Favorite List 
<a href="javascript:addFavorites('Link #1','http://link1.com');">Link1</a> | 
<a href="javascript:addFavorites('Link #2','http://link2.com');">Link2</a> | 
<a href="javascript:addFavorites('Link #3','http://link3.com');">Link3</a>